The Trade Commission

The Trade Commission
Start date:	September 16th, 1962
End date:	March 10th, 1963
# of strips:	26 (26 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"Task Test"
Followed by:	"The Ghost Lover"

"The Trade Commission" is the 91st Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

A few years ago "operation way-out", a communications project for outer space, sent out a satellite. When the satellite is captured by some strange aliens the signals suddenly stops.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Narda

One-time characters

• Col Carlson, chief of "operation way-out".
• Mac, an astronaut.
• Jim, a farmer.
• Captain Jim, owner of a boat.
• The President of the United States.
• Ugo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.
• Tubo, a alian on a trade mission hoping to sell suchi crystals.

Locations

• US
  • Washington
    • The White House
• Deep space
  • The Blue Planet

Vehicles

• Mercury twelve, a space capsule orbiting Earth.

Behind the scenes

• The story title is taken from the strip of September 23, 1962 (Beginning: The Trade Commission). A similat title are at the end of the strip of September 9th, 1962 (Next Week: Trade Commission).
  Note: At the deepwoods.org index the title for this story is "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)".

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Brazil

• "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #82 (1963)
• "A Estranha Aventura", Mandrake #218 (1974)

Finland

• "Avaruuden kauppamiehet", Taika-Jim #2 (1971)
• "Suurlähettiläät", Mustanaamio #22 (2001)

France

• "La planète Azur", Spécial Mandrake #85 (1970)

Italy

• "Il pianeta azzurro", Super Albo - Mandrake #52 (1963)
• "Il pianeta azzurro", Mandrake - New Comics Now #334 and #364 (1994-1995)

Norway

• "Ambassadørene", Fantomet #22 (2001)

Portugal

• "A Grande Ameaça!", Selecções #35 (1964)

Sweden

• "Ambassadörerna", Fantomen #22 (2001)

Turkey

• "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake #195 & #196 & #197 (1978)
• "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #63 & #64 (1978)
• "Değişen Uzaylılar", Mandrake Albüm #175 & #176